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add-skill is agent-read markdown (skill) from openhands/extensions: Import an existing skill from a GitHub repository URL into the current workspace. Use only when the user provides or references a GitHub URL/repo to fetch from (e.g., `/add-skill https://github.com/OpenHands/extensions/tree/main/skills/codereview` or "add the codereview skill from https://github.com/OpenHands/extensions/"). Handles fetching the skill files and placing them in .agents/skills/. This does not author new skills — to create a new skill from scratch (no source URL), use the skill-crea.

Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.

What the file says

# Add Skill

Import skills from GitHub repositories into the current workspace.

## Workflow

When a user requests to add a skill from a GitHub URL:

1. **Parse the URL** to extract repository owner, name, and skill path
2. **Fetch the skill** using the bundled script:
   ```bash
   python3 <this-skill-path>/scripts/fetch_skill.py "<github-url>" "<workspace-path>"
   ```
3. **Verify** that SKILL.md exists in the destination
4. **Inform the user** the skill is now available

## URL Formats Supported

- `https://github.com/owner/repo/tree/main/path/to/skill`
- `https://github.com/owner/repo/skill-name`
- `github.com/owner/repo/skill-name`
- `owner/repo/skill-name` (shorthand)

## Example

User: `/add-skill https://github.com/OpenHands/extensions/tree/main/skills/codereview`

```bash
# Run the fetch script
python3 scripts/fetch_skill.py "https://github.com/OpenHands/extensions/tree/main/skills/codereview" "/path/to/workspace"

# Verify installation
ls /path/to/workspace/.agents/skills/codereview/SKILL.md
```

On Windows, use `python` if `python3` is not available and verify with PowerShell, for example: `Test-Path C:\path\to\workspace\.agents\skills\codereview\SKILL.md`.
…

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How to install

Latest version
mdr add openhands/extensions/add-skill@git:20260810.e13c1aa
Exact content
mdr add openhands/extensions/add-skill@sha256:3d7f1557d8ff5b87

Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.

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git:20260206.49937782026-02-06 4993778 1,718 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2030 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

openhands/extensions · 150 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-24 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_kdyp2fj3hrh34yc3
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=openhands/extensions/add-skill
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/3d7f1557d8ff5b872e298521e5576cc20039a9c62fae9ba24ebd30e145685a11

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